13-letter words containing m, u, t, o
- hematophagous — feeding on blood, as the vampire bat.
- here document — (operating system) Data included in a Unix shell script or Perl script using the "<<" syntax.
- hexamethonium — a compound, C 10 H 24 N 2 , used in the treatment of severe hypertension to lower blood pressure and increase blood flow by blocking transmission of nerve impulses that constrict blood vessels.
- home computer — a personal computer used in the home.
- home counties — The Home Counties are the counties which surround London.
- homeoteleuton — a series of words with the same or similar endings.
- homeothermous — remaining at an almost constant temperature
- homosexuality — sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex.
- horse's mouth — horse (def 36).
- host computer — the main computer in a network: controls or performs certain functions for other computers.
- hothouse lamb — a lamb born in the fall or early winter, usually reared indoors, specially fed, and marketed when from 9 to 16 weeks of age.
- housemistress — A female teacher in charge of a dormitory at a boarding school.
- humboldt peak — a mountain in S Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo range. 14,064 feet (4290 meters).
- hummle bonnet — a cap formerly worn by Scottish soldiers
- hunter's moon — the first full moon following the harvest moon in late September or early October.
- hymenopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hymenoptera, an order of insects having, when winged, four membranous wings, and comprising the wasps, bees, ants, ichneumon flies, and sawflies.
- hypermutation — (uncountable) Frequent mutation.
- hyracotherium — eohippus.
- illuminations — Plural form of illumination.
- illuminometer — an instrument for measuring illumination.
- illustrissimo — most illustrious (esp as belonging to the Italian aristocracy)
- immunisations — Plural form of immunisation.
- immunizations — Plural form of immunization.
- immunochemist — A chemist whose speciality is immunochemistry.
- immunosorbent — an insoluble surface to which a specific antibody is attached for the purpose of removing the corresponding antigen from a solution or suspension.
- immunotherapy — treatment designed to produce immunity to a disease or enhance the resistance of the immune system to an active disease process, as cancer.
- impecuniosity — having little or no money; penniless; poor.
- impetuosities — Plural form of impetuosity.
- impetuousness — of, relating to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person.
- importunately — urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
- importunities — Plural form of importunity.
- impostumation — an abscess or swelling filled with pus
- inclinatorium — an instrument invented by Robert Norman in 1576, used to determine the degree to which a magnetic needle dips towards the earth; a dipping needle
- incombustible — not combustible; incapable of being burned; fireproof.
- incouragement — Archaic form of encouragement.
- inductothermy — the production of fever by means of electromagnetic induction.
- intercommunal — used or shared in common by everyone in a group: a communal jug of wine.
- intermountain — located between mountains or mountain ranges: an intermontane lake.
- introducement — (obsolete) introduction.
- jejunostomies — Plural form of jejunostomy.
- judgment book — the book from which all persons will be judged at the Last Judgment, containing a full record of their acts.
- judgment note — Law. a note that expressly authorizes a creditor, in case of default, to seek a judgment in court without notifying the debtor.
- just a moment — an expression requesting the hearer to wait or pause for a brief period of time
- labour market — When you talk about the labour market, you are referring to all the people who are able to work and want jobs in a country or area, in relation to the number of jobs there are available in that country or area.
- lamb's tongue — a molding having a deep, symmetrical profile ending in a narrow edge, as in a sash bar.
- leg-of-mutton — having the triangular shape of a leg of mutton: leg-of-mutton sail; a dress with leg-of-mutton sleeves.
- leiomyomatous — a benign tumor composed of nonstriated muscular tissue.
- lepton number — in a process involving elementary particles, the total number of leptons minus the total number of antileptons.
- libel tourism — the act of suing a writer for alleged defamation in a foreign jurisdiction where there are weak libel laws.
- lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper